Current River Today

[jah]

Arrived at Tan Vat at 8:45 am this morning to find it packed with people who also thought it was a great day to fish. We then drove to Baptist Camp to avoid the crowds. At the first hole my wife and my brother both caught 2 12 inch rainbows on a Pat's Rubber leg stonefly. My wife caught another on that same pattern before we headed downstream. I caught a brown and a rainbow on a Prince, and then I heard my wife screaming for me. Her rod tip was virtually in the water bent over as she was fighting a beautiful brown. It was her biggest fish to date, and she caught it on a Pat's again. She fought it quite long, so I didn't take the time to measure it, but I will attach the picture as soon as I figure out how.

Then I heard her scream again as a HUGE (5ft) water snake bolted out of the weeds between us and crossed the river. It was massive,

We ate lunch and headed to Tan Vat and fished the chute below the swimming hole. We missed every fish there, but we had about 5 on. My best "misses" came on a Black Stonefly and an Olive Wooley.

The water was off color, running fast, and a lot of people were there.

Can someone help me upload my pictures? I am clicking "attach" but it is telling me that nothing is attached. Thanks for any help!

Jim

[3wt]

Tan Vat was packed on Thursday? Fun...I'm glad I won't be down until next weekend.

Can you shoot a link to the Pat's stonefly? I've never really fished stonefly nymphs, but it sounds likeit works down there.

[jah]

Tan Vat was packed on Thursday? Fun...I'm glad I won't be down until next weekend.

Can you shoot a link to the Pat's stonefly? I've never really fished stonefly nymphs, but it sounds likeit works down there.

Sure...here you go:

http://www.bigyflyco.com/items/nymphs/nprl-detail.htm

[MaxDrown]

Anyone have a link to the pat's rubberleg pattern for us do-it-yerselfers?

[jah]

Arrived at Tan Vat at 8:45 am this morning to find it packed with people who also thought it was a great day to fish. We then drove to Baptist Camp to avoid the crowds. At the first hole my wife and my brother both caught 2 12 inch rainbows on a Pat's Rubber leg stonefly. My wife caught another on that same pattern before we headed downstream. I caught a brown and a rainbow on a Prince, and then I heard my wife screaming for me. Her rod tip was virtually in the water bent over as she was fighting a beautiful brown. It was her biggest fish to date, and she caught it on a Pat's again. She fought it quite long, so I didn't take the time to measure it, but I will attach the picture as soon as I figure out how.

Then I heard her scream again as a HUGE (5ft) water snake bolted out of the weeds between us and crossed the river. It was massive,

We ate lunch and headed to Tan Vat and fished the chute below the swimming hole. We missed every fish there, but we had about 5 on. My best "misses" came on a Black Stonefly and an Olive Wooley.

The water was off color, running fast, and a lot of people were there.

Can someone help me upload my pictures? I am clicking "attach" but it is telling me that nothing is attached. Thanks for any help!

Jim

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[Gavin]

Looks like a great day on the water in spite of the crowds....Thanks for the report.

You can find a tying video for the Pat's on Brian Wise's blog...Really easy tie and its very effective.

http://flyfishingtheozarks.com/archive-slideshows-and-videos/

[Wormser]

Great report and nice pics. I'm also glad to hear you saw a "water snake" instead of the typical Cottonmouth or Copperhead claim. Many harmless snakes get killed by fools who don't know the difference.

[Nortrad]

Great report, gonna be crowds this weekend. Excellent that the river is off color still.